NEA Dance Grants in California — Page 3
699 NEA dance grants for California, totaling $13M.
| Year | Recipient | City | Amount | Project |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Friends of Olympia Station | Felton, CA | $20,000 | To support the touring of "HereAfterHere: A Self-Guided Tour of Eternity," created by choreographer Tandy Beal. The work is interwoven with multigenerational dancers, text, and bri… |
| 2012 | Collage Dance Theatre | Los Angeles, CA | $20,000 | To support site-specific performances choreographed by Heidi Duckler. The works will be created around the theme of "expulsion," relating to issues of migration, dislocation, and t… |
| 2012 | Jazz Tap Ensemble Inc. | Los Angeles, CA | $20,000 | To support the production of "Masters & Mentors," the third in a series of DVD documentaries of original works by and for the Jazz Tap Ensemble. The DVD will feature performances a… |
| 2012 | CounterPulse | San Francisco, CA | $15,000 | To support artist residencies. The 2012 ARC Program will consist of two, six-month residencies during which four artists (two per session) will rehearse, collaborate, teach and per… |
| 2012 | Dimensions Dance Theater, Inc. | Oakland, CA | $15,000 | To support the educational outreach program "Rites of Passage." The program focuses on the Congolese Diaspora and will include classes in Congolese, West African, Afro-Haitian, Afr… |
| 2012 | Dancers' Group | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | To support "In Dance," a publication targeted for dance artists in the San Francisco Bay Area. The issues appear in print as well as on the Dancers' Group Web site, and include a c… |
| 2012 | Epiphany Dance Theater | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | To support the "San Francisco Trolley Dances" and associated community outreach activities. This festival includes presentations of free site specific contemporary dance performanc… |
| 2012 | ODC | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of new works including "Breathing Underwater" by Brenda Way and "Transit" by KT Nelson. Artistic director Way's "Breathing Underwater" will… |
| 2012 | Smuin Ballets-SF | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | To support the presentation of a new work by choreographer Amy Seiwert as well as the commissioning and presentation of a world premiere by Ma Cong. The works will be presented in … |
| 2012 | LEVYdance, Inc. | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | To support the the Bay Area Contemporary Choreographer's Showcase. LEVYdance will partner with The Foundry, sharing resources to rent the performance space for an extended run. |
| 2012 | Cal Poly Corporation | San Luis Obispo, CA | $10,000 | To support the JumpBrush Pacific Coast Dance Convergence, a biennial dance festival. The festival will feature a "Reverse Residency," in which guest artist Joe Goode Performance Gr… |
| 2011 | San Francisco Ballet Association | San Francisco, CA | $85,000 | To support the creation and presentation of new works by several choreographers, including choreographer-in-residence Yuri Possokhov. The project includes audience-engagement activ… |
| 2011 | Alonzo King LINES Ballet | San Francisco, CA | $25,000 | To support the creation of a new work by artistic director Alonzo King. The new work will infuse the classical form of ballet with Sephardic song, music originating from the Jewish… |
| 2011 | Museum of Performance & Design | San Francisco, CA | $25,000 | To support the inventory, digitization, and conservation services for the unidentified and at risk legacy materials, in consortium with Joe Goode Performance Group. The museum will… |
| 2011 | Joe Goode Performance Group | San Francisco, CA | $20,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new piece by choreographer Joe Goode, in collaboration with architect Cass Calder Smith. The work will examine the relationship betwee… |
| 2011 | Margaret Jenkins Dance Studio, Inc. | San Francisco, CA | $20,000 | To support the creation and presentation of "Light Moves" by choreographer Margaret Jenkins. A work based on the thematic weaving of parts of her earlier works (1973-93), the perfo… |
| 2011 | AXIS Dance Company | Berkeley, CA | $20,000 | To support Dance Access & Dance Access/KIDS! education and outreach programs. These activities will offer a variety of dance events for youth and adults with and without disabiliti… |
| 2011 | AXIS Dance Company | Berkeley, CA | $20,000 | To support the creation of a new work titled "Full of Words," choreographed by Marc Brew, in consortium with Very Special Arts of New Mexico. The company will be in residency in Al… |
| 2011 | Lula Washington Contemporary Dance Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $20,000 | To support the 23rd Annual "International Conference of Blacks in Dance" in consortium with the California African-American Museum. The conference will bring together dance profess… |
| 2011 | Crosspulse | Oakland, CA | $20,000 | To support the International Body Music Festival. The artists will include Slammin All-Body Band from Oakland, California and Barbatuques from Sao Paulo, Brazil. |
| 2011 | Mary Pickford Institute for Film Education | Los Angeles, CA | $20,000 | To support the post-production phase of a documentary film about Jack Cole, a man widely acknowledged as the father of American jazz dance. The film will fuse narrative on Cole's l… |
| 2011 | Jazz Tap Ensemble Inc. | Los Angeles, CA | $20,000 | To support the production of "Jazz Tap Originals - Percussion Mania," the second in a series that chronicles the creative life of Jazz Tap Ensemble, with a focus on the tap dancer … |
| 2011 | Museum of Performance & Design | San Francisco, CA | $19,000 | To support phase II of Full Spectrum: Preserving Rare & Diverse Bay Area Dance Video, 1985-2000. The project will create archival-quality digital masters of 100 selected dance reco… |
| 2011 | CounterPulse | San Francisco, CA | $15,000 | To support the Artist Residency and Commissioning Program (ARC) for local emerging and mid-career choreographers. The program will include residencies during which artists will reh… |
| 2011 | Chinese Cultural Productions | San Francisco, CA | $15,000 | To support a tour of the Lily Cai Chinese Dance Company to five California communities. With the tour, Cai aims to provide Chinese American audiences access to professional perform… |
| 2011 | Lobero Theatre Foundation | Santa Barbara, CA | $15,000 | To support "DANCEworks," a residency by an emerging choreographer on stage at the historic Lobero Theater. SUMMERDANCE Santa Barbara will collaborate on the project to provide an a… |
| 2011 | LEVYdance, Inc. | San Francisco, CA | $15,000 | To support the design and construction of prototypes for a multimedia and live art installation conceptualized by choreographer Benjamin Levy, in consortium with The Exploratorium.… |
| 2011 | Project Bandaloop | Oakland, CA | $12,000 | To support the multimedia element of a new dance/theater work choreographed by artistic director Amelia Rudolph in collaboration with multimedia designer Austin Forbord. |
| 2011 | Dancers' Group | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | To support "In Dance," a publication targeted for dance artists in the San Francisco/Bay Area. The issues appear in print as well as on the Dancers' Group Web site, and include a c… |
| 2011 | STEPOLOGY | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | To support the annual Bay Area Tap Festival and Santa Fe Tap Festival. Activities associated with the festivals will include workshops, mainstage performances, tap jams, and panel … |
| 2011 | Lula Washington Contemporary Dance Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | To support a national tour. The company will visit cities such as Sandpoint, Caldwell, and Moscow, Idaho; Olympia and Seattle, Washington; St. Louis; and Memphis. |
| 2011 | ODC | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | To support the ODC/Dance's creation and presentation of two world premieres by artistic directors Brenda Way and KT Nelson in celebration of the company's 40th anniversary. In addi… |
| 2011 | Flyaway Productions | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | To support the creation of "Wall Ball," a new site-specific dance that celebrates the continuum between art and sport. The work will be created by artistic director Jo Kreiter and … |
| 2011 | Smuin Ballets-SF | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | To support world premiere works by choreographer Trey McIntyre and choreographer-in-residence Amy Seiwert. The company will work with the Community Access Ticket Service (CATS) to … |
| 2011 | Zaccho SF | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | To support Zaccho Dance Theatre's 30th Anniversary Project. Highlighted programming will include the restaging of artistic director Joanna Haigood's seminal work The Monkey and the… |
| 2011 | DanceArt, Inc. | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | To support the WestWave Dance festival. As part of the 20th anniversary celebration, there will be a "Choreographers and Composers Consortium," which will result in the commission … |
| 2011 | Robert Moses Kin | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of "Fable and Faith" by artistic director and choreographer Robert Moses. In collaboration with playwright Anne Galjour, Bay Area vocal mus… |
| 2011 | LEVYdance, Inc. | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | To support the presentation of COMFORT ZONE, a new dance installation by choreographer and artistic director Ben Levy that explores the intersection between technology and communic… |
| 2011 | Floricanto Dance Theatre | Pasadena, CA | $10,000 | To support Danza Floricanto/USA's tour of the dance works "Alma Llanera-Spirit of the Plains," "Day of the Dead" and "Navidad." The company also will reprise two traditional folk d… |
| 2011 | Dance Camera West | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | To support the presentation of the 2012 Dance Camera West Dance Media Film Festival. The festival will include a series of dance film screenings from around the world at various ve… |
| 2011 | Epiphany Dance Theater | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of the annual San Francisco Trolley Dances, a series of site-specific dance performances that will take place along one of San Francisco's … |
| 2010 | Performing Arts Center of Los Angeles County | Los Angeles, CA | $100,000 | To support the presentation of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company (MCDC) in performances of "Roaratorio" at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Performances will be offered in conjunction wi… |
| 2010 | San Francisco Ballet Association | San Francisco, CA | $95,000 | To support the creation and presentation of new works. Performances will take place at San Francisco's War Memorial Opera House. |
| 2010 | Museum of Performance & Design | San Francisco, CA | $40,000 | To support Full Spectrum: Preserving Rare & Diverse Bay Area Dance Video, 1985-2000. The collection will be available to students, scholars, researchers, and the general public. |
| 2010 | ODC Theater | San Francisco, CA | $30,000 | To support the presentation of a new work by choreographer Sarah Michelson, in collaboration with playwright Richard Maxwell, visual artist TM Davy, and composer Peter Drungle. The… |
| 2010 | Regents of the University of California, Berkeley | Berkeley, CA | $30,000 | To support a residency by Merce Cunningham Dance Company at Cal Performances. The residency will be part of the company's Legacy Tour and will include public performances featuring… |
| 2010 | AXIS Dance Company | Berkeley, CA | $20,000 | To support Dance Access & Dance Access/KIDS! education and outreach programs. The programs offer a variety of dance events for disabled and able youth and adults in schools in the … |
| 2010 | Joe Goode Performance Group | San Francisco, CA | $20,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new piece by choreographer Joe Goode. The new piece will be a performance/installation that will take place in the forum and outer lob… |
| 2010 | Alonzo King LINES Ballet | San Francisco, CA | $20,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new work by Artistic Director and choreographer Alonzo King in collaboration with architect Christopher Haas. The new work will premie… |
| 2010 | AXIS Dance Company | Berkeley, CA | $20,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new work by choreographer Shinichi Iova- Koga and composer/cellist Joan Jeanrenaud, in consortium with Oberlin Dance Collective (ODC) … |
| 2010 | Jazz Tap Ensemble Inc. | Los Angeles, CA | $20,000 | To support the production of the DVD "Jazz Tap Originals - Blues Legacy". Produced and directed by artistic director Lynn Dally, the DVD will focus on the Blues influence throughou… |
| 2010 | Dimensions Dance Theater, Inc. | Oakland, CA | $20,000 | To support a dance program for children and young adults. Offered free of charge, "Rites of Passage" will provide instruction in a variety of African and African-derived dance and … |
| 2010 | Collage Dance Theatre | Los Angeles, CA | $20,000 | To support the restaging, tour, and documentation of the site-specific dance "Laundromatinee," choreographed by Heidi Duckler, as part of the company's 25th anniversary celebration… |
| 2010 | Margaret Jenkins Dance Studio, Inc. | San Francisco, CA | $15,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a site specific work by choreographer Margaret Jenkins in collaboration with multimedia visual artist Naomie Kremer. The work will be pe… |
| 2010 | San Francisco State University | San Francisco, CA | $15,000 | To support the reconstruction of choreographer Brenda Way's "Investigating Grace," created in 1999, presented by the School of Music and Dance. Performances, master classes, lectur… |
| 2010 | STEPOLOGY | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | To support the annual Bay Area Tap Festival and the new Santa Fe Tap Festival. The festival includes workshops, mainstage performances, a tap jam, a panel discussion, and other act… |
| 2010 | Flyaway Productions | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a site specific collaborative work, Singing Praises: Centennial Dance for Women's Building, by choreographer Jo Kreiter. Collaborators w… |
| 2010 | Dancers' Group | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | To support expansion of the publication In Dance, for movement-based artists in the San Francisco Bay Area. The publication appears in print as well as on the Dancers' Group Web si… |
| 2010 | DanceArt, Inc. | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | To support the 2010 West Wave Dance Festival. The festival includes presentations of emerging and mid-career Bay Area artists and will take place at the Cowell Theatre in San Franc… |
| 2010 | Robert Moses Kin | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | To support the creation and premiere of THE CINDERELLA PRINCIPLE, a new work by artistic director Robert Moses. The work will premiere as the centerpiece of Robert Moses' Kin's 15t… |
| 2010 | Project Bandaloop | Oakland, CA | $10,000 | To support the first phase in the creation and presentation of IdEgo, a new work choreographed by Artistic Director Amelia Rudolph, in collaboration with the dancers of Project Ban… |
| 2010 | CounterPulse | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | To support the Artist in Residence Program for local emerging and mid-career choreographers. The program will include residencies during which artists will rehearse, collaborate, a… |
| 2010 | Wooden Floor for Youth Movement | Santa Ana, CA | $10,000 | To support year-round dance education and performances program for low-income youth. The after-school programs include dance education, performance opportunities, academic touring,… |
| 2010 | LEVYdance, Inc. | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | To support the 2010 East Coast tour and San Francisco performances. The company will travel to New York City, Philadelphia, Washington, DC, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, and Dover, Dela… |
| 2010 | Lula Washington Contemporary Dance Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | To support the presentation of performances in Los Angeles and on a national tour as part of the company's 30th anniversary. The company will also host the International Associatio… |
| 2010 | Dance Camera West | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | To support the presentation of the 2011 Dance Camera West Film Festival and Dance Media Symposium. The festival will include a series of film screenings from around the world at va… |
| 2010 | Smuin Ballets-SF | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | To support the presentation of new works. Performances will include a new piece by choreographer in residence Amy Seiwart and the company premiere of French Twist by dancer/choreog… |
| 2010 | inkBoat, Inc. | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new work by Artistic Director Shinichi Iova-Koga in collaboration with Japanese Butoh master artist, Ko Murobushi. The work, titled Cr… |
| 2010 | Paradigm Productions, Inc. | Berkeley, CA | $10,000 | To support the post production and distribution of the dance film DARK SWAN. In the film, Zimbabwean dancer Nora Chipaumire and Bay Area filmmaker Laurie Coyle collaborate on a lyr… |
| 2010 | Lobero Theatre Foundation | Santa Barbara, CA | $10,000 | To support DANCEworks. Along with SUMMERDANCE Santa Barbara, DANCEworks will provide a multi-week residency to an emerging choreographer to create new work which will be performed … |
| 2010 | Chinese Cultural Productions | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | To support a tour of the Lily Cai Chinese Dance Company. The full-length concert will feature works choreographed by Cai, her newest piece, What We're Missing, and Silk Cascade. |
| 2009 | San Francisco Ballet Association | San Francisco, CA | $95,000 | To support the creation and presentation of new works, including commissions by Artistic Director Helgi Tomasson and Choreographer in Residence Yuri Possokhov. Performances and rel… |
| 2009 | Alonzo King LINES Ballet | San Francisco, CA | $50,000 | To support the preservation of jobs that are threatened by declines in philanthropic and other support during the current economic downturn. |
| 2009 | Joe Goode Performance Group | San Francisco, CA | $50,000 | To support the preservation of jobs that are threatened by declines in philanthropic and other support during the current economic downturn. |
| 2009 | ODC | San Francisco, CA | $50,000 | To support the preservation of jobs that are threatened by declines in philanthropic and other support during the current economic downturn. |
| 2009 | World Arts West | San Francisco, CA | $50,000 | To support the preservation of jobs that are threatened by declines in philanthropic and other support during the current economic downturn. |
| 2009 | Museum of Performance & Design | San Francisco, CA | $30,000 | To support the Dance Stars of the West, an oral history project for three California dance artists. The artists include Jocelyn Vollmar (ballet), Naesio Paredes (Spanish dance), an… |
| 2009 | CounterPulse | San Francisco, CA | $25,000 | To support the preservation of jobs that are threatened by declines in philanthropic and other support during the current economic downturn. |
| 2009 | Jess Curtis/Gravity, Inc. | San Francisco, CA | $25,000 | To support the preservation of jobs that are threatened by declines in philanthropic and other support during the current economic downturn. |
| 2009 | AXIS Dance Company | Berkeley, CA | $20,000 | To support Dance Access & Dance Access/KIDS! education and outreach programs The programs offer a variety of dance events for disabled and abled youth and adults in schools in the … |
| 2009 | Alonzo King LINES Ballet | San Francisco, CA | $20,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new work by Artistic Director and choreographer Alonzo King. The new work will premiere as part of LINES Ballet's fall home season at … |
| 2009 | AXIS Dance Company | Berkeley, CA | $20,000 | To support a residency with choreographer David Dorfman that features community performers with and without physical disabilities, in consortium with Dance Place. The project will … |
| 2009 | Rhapsody In Taps, Incorporated | Long Beach, CA | $20,000 | To support the creation and presentation of "Chugarump" by choreographer Linda Sohl-Ellison and composer/percussionist Monti Ellison, as well as refining the "Tribute to Foster Joh… |
| 2009 | Joe Goode Performance Group | San Francisco, CA | $20,000 | To support the reconstruction and presentation of Joe Goode's seminal 1989 work, "29 Effeminate Gestures," on a national tour. The solo piece, set to music by Erik Ian Walker, will… |
| 2009 | Joe Goode Performance Group | San Francisco, CA | $15,000 | To support the creation and presentation of "Traveling Light," a dance theater piece by choreographer and Artistic Director Joe Goode. The work will premiere at the Yerba Buena Cen… |
| 2009 | Lula Washington Contemporary Dance Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $15,000 | To support the commissioning of a new ballet by choreographer Christopher Huggins. The work will be performed at the company's 30th anniversary concert at the Cerritos Center for t… |
| 2009 | Friends of Olympia Station | Felton, CA | $15,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new full-length dance work by choreographer Tandy Beal titled, HereAfterHere: A Self-Guided Tour of Eternity. The work will be interwo… |
| 2009 | Chinese Cultural Productions | San Francisco, CA | $15,000 | To support the tour of Silk Cascade by the Lily Cai Chinese Dance Company. The full-length concert, featuring a trio of dances choreographed by Artistic Director Lily Cai, will tou… |
| 2009 | Jazz Tap Ensemble Inc. | Los Angeles, CA | $15,000 | To support the production of a DVD anthology, "Women In Tap," to be produced and directed by Artistic Director Lynn Dally. |
| 2009 | Dimensions Dance Theater, Inc. | Oakland, CA | $15,000 | To support"Rites of Passage," an educational outreach program for children and young adults. The program will include instruction in a variety of African and African-derived dance … |
| 2009 | Regents of the University of California, Santa Barbara | Santa Barbara, CA | $15,000 | To support the restaging and presentation of choreographer Jennifer Muller's seminal modern dance work SPEEDS by the UC Santa Barbara Dance Company. The work will be performed loca… |
| 2009 | DanceArt, Inc. | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | To support the 18th annual West Wave Dance Festival In partnership with the Dancers' Group, the project presents emerging and mid-career Bay Area artists and will take place at the… |
| 2009 | CounterPulse | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | To support the Artist Residency and Commissioning Program for local emerging and mid-career choreographers. The program will include at least two six-month residencies during which… |
| 2009 | Jess Curtis/Gravity, Inc. | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of culminating events as part of The Symmetry Project. The work is a three-year movement-based performance-installation/media project by ch… |
| 2009 | Dancers' Group | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | To support the expansion of the publication IN DANCE. The only publication in the San Francisco Bay area dedicated to movement-based art and arists appears in print as well as on t… |
| 2009 | LEVYdance, Inc. | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | To support the 2009 East Coast tour. The company is expected to tour to New York, Baltimore, Washington, DC, Philadelphia, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania and Dover, Delaware. |
| 2009 | Smuin Ballets-SF | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new work by Amy Seiwert, and the West Coast premiere performances of The Naughty Boy, choreographed by Trey McIntyre, and Carmen, chor… |
| 2009 | California Institute of the Arts | Valencia, CA | $10,000 | To support residencies at REDCAT by visiting artists, the 2009 New Original Works NOW Festival and STUDIO. National and international artists will be in residence for a full week, … |
| 2009 | ODC | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new work by Artistic Director and choreographer Brenda Way with related outreach activities. In the Memory of the Forest, will be crea… |
| 2009 | Dance Camera West | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | To support the presentation of the 2010 Dance Camera West Film Festival. The festival will present a series of screenings of films from around the world at various venues in Los An… |
| 2009 | Diamano Coura West African Dance Co. | Oakland, CA | $10,000 | To support the 15th annual Collage des Cultures Africaines Festival. The community-based festival involves a series of drum, dance, and health and wellness workshops, as well as re… |
| 2009 | Epiphany Dance Theater | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of site-specific dances along one of San Francisco's trolley lines in consortium with the Dancers' Group. In partnership with Dancers' Grou… |
| 2009 | Collage Dance Theatre | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | To support the creation of A Guide to An Exhibitionist, by choreographer Heidi Duckler. Dancers will work in life-sized frames at an art gallery. 2/15/11: Performance sites changes… |
| 2008 | San Francisco Ballet Association | San Francisco, CA | $90,000 | To support the creation and presentation of new works, including commissions by Artistic Director Helgi Tomasson and Choreographer-in-Residence Yuri Possokhov. Performances will ta… |
| 2008 | Museum of Performance & Design | San Francisco, CA | $30,000 | To support Preserving the Dance Iconography of the West Before the Digital Era. A project that will preserve the early history of dance in the West, 400 images dating from 1850 and… |
| 2008 | Alonzo King LINES Ballet | San Francisco, CA | $25,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new work by Artistic Director Alonzo King. The work will be created in collaboration with legendary jazz saxophonist Pharoah Sanders. |
| 2008 | AXIS Dance Company | Berkeley, CA | $20,000 | To support a shared performance by AXIS Dance Company, Dandelion Dance Theater, and Nadia Adame's Compania Y from Madrid, Spain, in consortium with Joe Goode Performance Group. The… |
| 2008 | Jazz Tap Ensemble Inc. | Los Angeles, CA | $20,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a tap dance involving storytelling, choreographed by Artistic Director Lynn Dally. The work will premiere at the Joyce Theater in New Yo… |
| 2008 | Dimensions Dance Theater, Inc. | Oakland, CA | $15,000 | To support Rites of Passage, a free dance program for children and young adults. The program will provide a variety of African and African-derived dance and music styles as well as… |
| 2008 | Rhapsody In Taps, Incorporated | Long Beach, CA | $15,000 | To support the creation and presentation of "Mambo Musings"(working title), choreographed by Linda Sohl-Ellison, and "Tribute to Foster Johnson". The works will be performed at the… |
| 2008 | Smuin Ballets-SF | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new work by Amy Seiwert and the West Coast premiere of Kirk Peterson's "Reinin' in the Hurricane." |
| 2008 | AXIS Dance Company | Berkeley, CA | $10,000 | To support Dance Access & Dance Access/KIDS! Education/Outreach Programs. The programs offer a variety of dance events for youth and adults in schools and in the community. |
| 2008 | Body Weather Laboratory | Venice, CA | $10,000 | To support the presentation of Caddy! Caddy! Caddy! as part of the ODC Theater's fall programming and the Artaud Theater. The work will be presented in San Francisco in Fall 2008. … |
| 2008 | CounterPulse | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | To support the Artist in Residence Program for local emerging choreographers. The project will include developmental feedback sessions, outreach to local non-dance communities, and… |
| 2008 | Crosspulse | Oakland, CA | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new dance piece. The piece will be performed by Oakland-based percussive a capella jazz ensemble Slammin All-Body Band and the Brazili… |
| 2008 | STEPOLOGY | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | To support the sixth annual Bay Area Tap Festival. The festival includes workshops, mainstage performances, a tap jam, a panel discussion, and other activities. |
| 2008 | Joe Goode Performance Group | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | To support creation of a new work by choreographer Joe Goode in collaboration with puppeteer Basil Twist. "Wonderboy" will receive its world premiere at Yerba Buena Center for the … |
| 2008 | Margaret Jenkins Dance Studio, Inc. | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | To support the continued development and presentation of OTHER SUNS by Margaret Jenkins. Excerpts from the work will be performed at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. |
| 2008 | Flyaway Productions | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of an evening-length dance called "The Ballad of Polly Ann," choreographed by artistic director Jo Kreiter. The dance and soundscape are in… |
| 2008 | Robert Moses Kin | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new work by artistic director and choreographer Robert Moses. The work, tentatively titled Redline, will premiere at The Jewish Commun… |
| 2008 | ODC | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of LIFE IS A HOUSE, a new work by artistic director and choreographer Brenda Way. The work will be created with the San Francisco Girls Cho… |
| 2008 | DanceArt, Inc. | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | To support the 2008 West Wave Dance Festival. The project presents emerging and mid-career Bay Area artists, and will take place at Project Artaud Theater in San Francisco. |
| 2008 | Dancers' Group | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | To support the expansion of the publication IN DANCE, for movement-based artists in the San Francisco Bay Area. The publication appears in print as well as on the Dancers' Group We… |
| 2008 | San Francisco International Arts Festival, Inc. | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | To support the presentation of a contemporary dance program in consortium with Epiphany Productions Sonic Dance Theater. The program will feature Kim Epifano's "Speaking Chinese," … |
| 2008 | Mixed Bag Productions | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | To support TRIBES OF THE FAMILIAL, a new dance work by Contraband choreographer/director Sara Shelton Mann. The project will focus on exploring the cultural roots of different arti… |
| 2008 | Dance Camera West | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | To support the presentation of the 2009 Dance Camera West Film Festival. The project will present a series of screenings from around the world at various venues in Los Angeles. |
| 2008 | Epiphany Dance Theater | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of site-specific dances along one of San Francisco's trolley lines. The fifth annual San Francisco Trolley Dances will bring together the l… |
| 2007 | San Francisco Ballet Association | San Francisco, CA | $90,000 | To support the creation and presentation of world premieres during the company's 75th Anniversary festival. Performances will take place at San Francisco's War Memorial Opera House… |
| 2007 | Museum of Performance & Design | San Francisco, CA | $30,000 | To support the preservation of the archives of San Francisco Ballet, LINES Ballet, and the San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival. The outcome of the project will be a comprehensive v… |
| 2007 | AXIS Dance Company | Berkeley, CA | $20,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a work by choreographer Joe Goode. The work will premiere in Oakland, CA, and become part of the company's touring repertory. |
| 2007 | Jazz Tap Ensemble Inc. | Los Angeles, CA | $20,000 | To support Women in Tap, a national gathering of four generations of female tap artists. The conference will include a performance, a tap conservatory, and discussion panels. |
| 2007 | Margaret Jenkins Dance Studio, Inc. | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new work by choreographer Margaret Jenkins. "Other Suns" is informed by Jenkins' investigations across cultures and her recent travels… |
| 2007 | CounterPulse | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | To support the Artist in Residence program for local emerging choreographers. The project will include developmental feedback sessions, public workshops, outreach to local non-danc… |
| 2007 | Joe Goode Performance Group | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a dance theater work by choreographer Joe Goode, created in collaboration with composer Joan Jeanrenaud and videographer and filmmaker A… |
| 2007 | Dimensions Dance Theater, Inc. | Oakland, CA | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of "Cross Currents," a new work by choreographer Deborah Vaughan. Created in collaboration with composer Anthony Brown, the work will be ba… |
| 2007 | ODC | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new work by artistic director and choreographer Brenda Way. The work will be created in collaboration with composer David Lang, Japane… |
| 2007 | Project Bandaloop | Oakland, CA | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of Interiors, by artistic director Amelia Rudolph. The work will be performed on tour across the United States. |
| 2007 | Dancers' Group | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | To support the expansion of IN DANCE publication in print and through a Web site and podcasts. The project will expand readership, make dance more visible to the public, and create… |
| 2007 | DanceArt, Inc. | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | To support the 16th annual West Wave Dance Festival. The festival presents emerging and mid-career Bay Area artists, and will take place at Theater Artaud in San Francisco. |
| 2007 | Jess Curtis/Gravity, Inc. | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of "Under the Radar" by choreographer Jess Curtis. The work will be created for performers with and without disabilities. |
| 2007 | Dance Camera West | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | To support the 2008 Dance Camera West Dance Film Festival. The festival will present a series of screenings from around the world at various venues in Los Angeles. |
| 2007 | Rhapsody In Taps, Incorporated | Long Beach, CA | $10,000 | To support the reconstruction of BEAT! PERCUSSION DISCUSSION and the creation of a new work, both choreographed by Linda Sohl-Ellison. The works will be performed at the George & S… |
| 2007 | Chinese Cultural Productions | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | To support the development and presentation of a concert by choreographer Lily Cai and composer Gang Situ that will be performed by Chinese-American dancers and musicians in San Fr… |
| 2007 | Lula Washington Contemporary Dance Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | To support the Inside View Studio Dance Series. The project will invite audiences to preview new works in the company's home studio. |
| 2007 | Dimensions Dance Theater, Inc. | Oakland, CA | $10,000 | To support Rites of Passage, a free dance program for children and young adults, in consortium with Fifth Stream Music. The program will provide training in a variety of African an… |
| 2006 | San Francisco Ballet Association | San Francisco, CA | $100,000 | To support the creation and presentation of new works. Performances will take place at San Francisco's War Memorial Opera House, and will be supplemented with a variety of educatio… |
| 2006 | Museum of Performance & Design | San Francisco, CA | $30,000 | To support phase two of a project to preserve the archives of West Coast dance artists: Tandy Beal, Chitresh Das, Anna Halprin, and Michael Smuin. The Dance Icons of the West proje… |
| 2006 | AXIS Dance Company | Berkeley, CA | $20,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a work by choreographer Margaret Jenkins. The work will premiere in Oakland, CA, and become part of the company's touring repertory. |
| 2006 | Joe Goode Performance Group | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | To support the creation and world premiere of "Stay Together," choreographed by Joe Goode, and a retrospective of his works, during the company's 20th anniversary. Performances wil… |
| 2006 | Margaret Jenkins Dance Studio, Inc. | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new work by artistic director and choreographer Margaret Jenkins. Created in collaboration with choreographer Padma Menon from Kochi, … |
| 2006 | SUMMERDANCE Santa Barbara | Santa Barbara, CA | $10,000 | To support the commissioning of a new work by Doug Varone in honor of the 10th anniversary of SUMMERDANCE. Doug Varone will create a multi-media work based on the writings of Lewis… |
| 2006 | Jazz Tap Ensemble Inc. | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | To support the Jazz Tap Ensemble Caravan Project, as well as community performances and lecture-demonstrations. The activities will be offered in local theaters and schools. |
| 2006 | Robert Moses Kin | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | To support phase two of the creation and presentation of THE LOST PARADE, a new work by artistic director and choreographer Robert Moses. THE LOST PARADE will premiere at the Jewis… |
| 2006 | Dimensions Dance Theater, Inc. | Oakland, CA | $10,000 | To support a consortium project with the Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir for the creation and presentation of a new work, SWEET SAVORY SUNDAY. |
| 2006 | Alonzo King LINES Ballet | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new work by artistic director and choreographer Alonzo King. The work will be presented at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Fran… |
| 2006 | ODC | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | To support the creation of a site-specific work by co-artistic director KT Nelson. The project will celebrate the opening year of the company's new dance center. |
| 2006 | DanceArt, Inc. | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | To support the 15th annual Summerfest/dance Festival. The festival presents emerging and mid-career Bay Area artists. |
| 2006 | Dance Camera West | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | To support the 2007 Dance Camera West Dance Film Festival. The festival will present a series of screenings from around the world at various venues in Los Angeles. |
| 2006 | Chinese Cultural Productions | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | To support performances, residency activities, and tour of THE LOST OF THE RED-TASSELED SPEAR, created by choreographer Lily Cai and composer Gang Situ. |
| 2006 | Rhapsody In Taps, Incorporated | Long Beach, CA | $10,000 | To support a tribute to Gregory Hines, creation of a new work by Artistic Director Linda Sohl-Ellison, and outreach activities. |
| 2006 | Dancers' Group | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of site-specific dances along one of San Francisco's trolley lines. The third annual San Francisco Trolley Dances will bring together the l… |
| 2006 | Dimensions Dance Theater, Inc. | Oakland, CA | $10,000 | To support a free dance program for children and young adults. Rites of Passage provides dance education and training in a variety of styles, and is taught by professional dancers. |
| 2006 | Dancers' Group | San Francisco, CA | $6,500 | To support the 8th annual San Francisco Hip Hop DanceFest, presenting hip-hop dance artists from across the United States. The DanceFest also includes performances by Bay Area yout… |
| 2005 | San Francisco Ballet Association | San Francisco, CA | $100,000 | To support the creation and presentation of new works. Paul Taylor, Christopher Wheeldon, and Lar Lubovitch will create world premieres for the company. |
| 2005 | Regents of the University of California, Berkeley | Berkeley, CA | $30,000 | To support the 2005 International Dance Masters, a presentation of dance companies from the United States, Russia, and China. International Dance Masters artists will include Trish… |
| 2005 | Museum of Performance & Design | San Francisco, CA | $30,000 | To support the documentation and preservation of the dance collections of West Coast artists. These artists include Michael Smuin, Anna Halprin, Tandy Beal, and Chitresh Das. |
| 2005 | AXIS Dance Company | Berkeley, CA | $25,000 | To support Dance Access & Dance Access/KIDS!, an education/outreach program. The program offers a variety of events for youth and adults with and without disabilities. |
| 2005 | Lula Washington Contemporary Dance Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $20,000 | To support the presentation of the company's 25th-anniversary home concert, showcase concerts at the International Association of Blacks in Dance conference in Los Angeles, and a U… |
| 2005 | Regents of the University of California, Riverside | Riverside, CA | $15,000 | To support performances and residency activities. The Spring 2005 Dance Series will include the United Kingdom's Random Dance, AXIS Dance Company,and Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance… |
| 2005 | ODC | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new work entitled "On A Train Heading South," by choreographer Brenda Way. Titled On a Train Heading South, the work will be created i… |
| 2005 | Robert Moses Kin | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | To support the creation of a new work by choreographer Robert Moses. The President's Daughter will premiere as the centerpiece of the company's 10th anniversary. |
| 2005 | Stanford University, Leland Stanford Junior University | Stanford, CA | $10,000 | To support the presentation of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company. The project will include a variety of outreach activities, such as seminars, dance courses, master classes, open … |
| 2005 | Joe Goode Performance Group | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new dance theater work by choreographer and artistic director Joe Goode. The work will incorporate youth-produced videos and be presen… |
| 2005 | Margaret Jenkins Dance Studio, Inc. | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | To support the creation and world premiere of "running with the land," a new work by Margaret Jenkins. |
| 2005 | CounterPulse | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new work by choreographer Jess Curtis. The work will be presented at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in the United States and at tanzb… |
| 2005 | Artist Consortium | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | To support the creation of an evening-length work by choreographer Hae Kyung Lee. The work will be created in collaboration with composer Steve Moshier and scenic designer Dave Ber… |
| 2005 | DanceArt, Inc. | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | To support the presentation of the 14th annual summer festival. The Summerfest/dance Festival will take place over three weeks and feature the work of up to 32 choreographers. |
| 2005 | Alonzo King LINES Ballet | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a work choreographed by artistic director Alonzo King in collaboration with Moroccan musicians. The work will be presented at Yerba Buen… |
| 2005 | Dancers' Group | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of site-specific dances along one of San Francisco's historic trolley lines. Trolley Dances will involve the local dance community, the San… |
| 2005 | Highways, Inc. | Santa Monica, CA | $10,000 | To support the creation of a dance work with disabled veterans by choreographer Victoria Marks. The work will incorporate video art and documentation of the process by filmmaker El… |
| 2005 | Chinese Cultural Productions | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | To support a tour of traditional Chinese dance and outreach activities. The dance performances will be accompanied by Chinese music and will incorporate contemporary American stage… |
| 2005 | Zaccho SF | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | To support the production and presentation of "Invisible Wings." The performance will include traditional dance, song, and storytelling from slave culture combined with theatrical … |
| 2005 | Dimensions Dance Theater, Inc. | Oakland, CA | $10,000 | To support a free dance program for children, youths, and young adults. In the City/Rites of Passage provides dance education and training in a variety of styles, and is taught by … |
| 2004 | San Francisco Ballet Association | San Francisco, CA | $100,000 | To support the creation and presentation of new works. The works will include the acquisition of Jerome Robbins' The Dybbuk Variations. |
| 2004 | San Francisco Performances, Inc. | San Francisco, CA | $30,000 | To support commissions and presentations of dance companies. American and international companies will offer performances and residency activities. Companies to be presented includ… |
| 2004 | Regents of the University of California, Berkeley | Berkeley, CA | $30,000 | To support the Spring 2004 Dance Series of performances and residency activities. The Spring 2004 Dance Series will include Dance Theater of Harlem, Merce Cunningham Dance Company,… |
| 2004 | Regents of the University of California, Berkeley | Berkeley, CA | $20,000 | To support a consortium project for the Berkeley/Oakland AileyCamp. Cal Performances will partner with the Berkeley Unified School District to offer dance workshops for underserved… |
| 2004 | Yerba Buena Arts & Events | San Francisco, CA | $20,000 | To support Yerba Buena Dance Week at Yerba Buena Gardens. The project will include the Yerba Buena Choreographers Festival for local choreographers, a Butoh performance, and a perf… |
| 2004 | AXIS Dance Company | Berkeley, CA | $20,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a work by choreographer Ann Carlson for dancers with and without disabilities. The work will become part of AXIS Dance Company's touring… |
| 2004 | Project Bandaloop | Oakland, CA | $10,000 | To support a consortium project with Myrna Loy Center/Helena Presents to present a new work titled PORTAL. The aerial dance work will be based on the Lewis & Clark expedition and w… |
| 2004 | Dimensions Dance Theater, Inc. | Oakland, CA | $10,000 | To support a free dance program for children, youths, and young adults. In the City/Rites of Passage provides dance education and training in a variety of styles and is taught by p… |
| 2004 | Chinese Cultural Productions | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | To support touring dance performances and outreach activities. The performances will combine traditional Chinese dance and music with contemporary American stagecraft. |
| 2004 | Dancers' Group | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new work. The piece will look at man's inhumanity to man, and will continue Robert Moses' interest in religion and its impact on socie… |
| 2004 | Alonzo King LINES Ballet | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new work by choreographer Alonzo King in collaboration with composer and conductor Michael Tilson Thomas. |
| 2004 | McCaleb Dance | La Jolla, CA | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of an evening-length dance by choreographer Nancy McCaleb. The work, titled La Rumorosa, will be created to Mexican composer Fernando Coron… |
| 2004 | Lula Washington Contemporary Dance Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | To support the revival of works by Donald McKayle. The McKayle program will be performed at the Luckman Fine Arts Complex in Los Angeles, CA. |
| 2004 | Tongue | Culver City, CA | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new evening-length work choreographed by Stephanie Gilliland. The work will include an aural landscape created by a sound designer. |
| 2004 | Jazz Tap Ensemble Inc. | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | To support the preservation of rhythm tap dance. The project will include the creation of a DVD, a mentorship program for choreographers and dancers, and the creation of new work. |
| 2003 | San Francisco Ballet Association | San Francisco, CA | $80,000 | To support the presentation of work by George Balanchine and Frederick Ashton. |
| 2003 | Regents of the University of California, Berkeley | Berkeley, CA | $30,000 | To support the commissioning of work, performances, and residency activities of dance companies. The Dance Masters project will include the Merce Cunningham Dance Company, Alvin Ai… |
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